springer
pfm Member
I went from a P5 to my 1210GR. No competition.
Rega P8 or Technics SL1200G
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I went from a P5 to my 1210GR. No competition.
Congratulations. I have no issues at all with my platter. Didn't realise others had an issue until I saw this mentioned in this thread.
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Seanm
pfm Member
Report back won't you. Wife would be very pleased if I traded in the Gyro for one of these.
Konteebos
Surfing on the lake of fire
Will do, but it looks like delivery will be at least a couple of weeks.
ex brickie
pfm Member
So what's the difference between the SL1200G and the old skool SL1210 MkII sound quality wise then??
daytona600
Registered User
If you want british & world class would add this one recently launched at munich
It wouldn’t be Munich without some turntables but the good news is that while some of them (as we shall cover) were very spendy indeed, one of the most interesting was pretty terrestrially priced. The Vertere Dynamic Groove is the most affordable turntable that the company has ever designed and to achieve the performance in mind, it has approached a number of design aspects with a completely fresh outlook. The result is a turntable that costs £2,850 with a cartridge (by comparison, ticking all the boxes on a ‘big’ Vertere takes you well into six figures) and looks absolutely brilliant. A quick demonstration suggested that this is going to be a very important turntable indeed.
It wouldn’t be Munich without some turntables but the good news is that while some of them (as we shall cover) were very spendy indeed, one of the most interesting was pretty terrestrially priced. The Vertere Dynamic Groove is the most affordable turntable that the company has ever designed and to achieve the performance in mind, it has approached a number of design aspects with a completely fresh outlook. The result is a turntable that costs £2,850 with a cartridge (by comparison, ticking all the boxes on a ‘big’ Vertere takes you well into six figures) and looks absolutely brilliant. A quick demonstration suggested that this is going to be a very important turntable indeed.
James Evans
Bedroom Bodger
When I was in Doug Brady's last week we were chatting about the differences and they said one of their customers had a pair of the limited edition gold plated old 1210s. He bought a GR "just because", and then came back for another one as he said the sound quality was way better than the older decks. Both those old decks are apparently now sold. The G is apparently another step up again. I resisted the temptation to even look at it.
I recently moved from a fairly modded SL-1210 (Jelco 750, PSU, SDS mat, Isonoes) to the P8, and the P8 is a significant step up in all departments aside from perhaps the Techie edging it very slightly on speed stability. The timbre and micro-dynamics the Rega can resolve compared to the Technics is uncanny.
John_73
pfm Member
This! I’ve owned an SP10 mk2, Garrard 301s and 401s, and am perfectly happy with the 1200G. Fuss free, just gets on with it. A pity they styled it after the 1200 really, as it's a completely new design entirely, yet many can’t seem to look beyond the visual similarities. Definitely up there with the afore mentioned decks.
The only I don’t like is the blue LEDs! Red would have been so much better.
poco a poco
I'm Jim
I wonder what the wonderful Breuer arm would sound like on a 1200G?
The Technics arm is just fine and seems to suit the deck well. I’ve had the various Ortofon things in it but with a Dynavector coil it really started to shine and it is killer with 12inch 45s. I’ll get hold of a Hanna at some point which people seem to like a lot in this deck.
alanbeeb
pfm Member
Although the 1200G arm is perfectly fine, it can be made magnificent with $169 for the KAB 1000 Fluid Damper.
Its very easy to fit and completely reversible. I was considering replacing the perfectly good 1200G arm with something like a Jelco 850 or even an SME IV - but if either of these had given me half the improvement the damper has given, I would have been very pleased - but much poorer!
Its very easy to fit and completely reversible. I was considering replacing the perfectly good 1200G arm with something like a Jelco 850 or even an SME IV - but if either of these had given me half the improvement the damper has given, I would have been very pleased - but much poorer!